Belgium
Building the future of finance with AI and Digital Assets. Driving revenues combining innovative thinking with clear strategy and disciplined execution. Working at the intersection of business, technology, and regulation. Former Accenture Managing Director (+20 years), P&L owner, with deep and broad FS expertise, shaping collaborative partnerships, developing executive relationships, owning strategic growth. Built businesses and solutions leveraging technology and regulatory fuelled change. Owned large scale strategic programs including P&L, across EMEA and APAC. Recognised for being at the forefront of new industry models driven by technological innovation, (data, Artificial Intelligence, digital assets, financial market infrastructures) and building advanced capabilities across a global network of 1,500+ FTE. Practical, direct and outcomes-focused. I bring clarity to complexity. I build trust with clients, partners and teams with high energy, curiosity, and a hands-on leadership style. My experience is grounded in deep capital markets, payments, and financial market infrastructures where I have worked extensively across front-to-back operations including trading, post-trade, risk, custody, and enterprise functions. More recently, I work with technology companies and financial institutions on product positioning, partnerships, investment strategy, and go-to-market, and serve as a Non-Executive Director / Board Member at a regulated FS institution. I also support boards in understanding and applying AI in a practical, decision-oriented way. Focus: High performing, innovative companies, developing a new capability or scaling a growth area, building strong teams, partnerships and results. Particular interest in Digital Assets and AI and the combination of these, new payment rails, given my early adopter AI and blockchain experience (10+ years). Outcomes:🌍 Built Europe’s first regulated digital asset exchange, and custody platforms.💡 Delivered €400M+ value through cloud, data/AI, platform modernisation and automation.📈 Drove 300% growth into new segments through GTM expansion and new propositions - cloud, data monetisation and blockchain, diversifying revenues across exchanges and infrastructures.
Chief Strategy & Sales Officer at Intelli-Select software start-up specialised in data and knowledge management AI solutions. Working across product, go to market, partnerships. Delivered market-first AI enabled client solution for global clients including Deutsche Börse and Toronto Stock Exchange. Advisor to software and FS firms on strategy, investment, partnerships, business growth model. Product go-to-market. Focused on artificial intelligence, energy, digital assets / CBDC / Stablecoin, alternative finance segments. Supporting founders and c-Level on growth from investment strategies (PE/VC) to IP transfer or buy out. Board awareness and education on Innovation and Digital & ESG, public speaker (e.g. at IOB, IOD, CFTE, FICC, boards, Digital Finance Summit).
Board member & Audit committee member. (Central Bank of Ireland regulated role PCF - 2). Guiding Savvi through industry wide operating model shifts (Irelands first corporate credit union, 1st consortium based outsourcing). Savvi offers alternative financing solutions to its members.
Responsible for client growth, delivery, and business performance across financial services clients in EMEA and APAC. P&L owner, business segment owner & leader. - Deep expertise in capital markets (CIB’s and Asset Managers), payments, and financial market infrastructures covering front-to-back operations - Led programs to optimise business & technology operating models, modernise platforms, digitisation, and improve efficiency. - Led definition and shaping of new market segments including digital assets, data monetisation, Robotics and AI-enabled services - Worked with exchanges, custodians, and banks on digital asset and CBDC-related initiatives - Developed go-to-market approaches and frameworks to support execution and growth - Collaborated with global technology partners to deliver joint solutions - Led at the intersection of strategy, regulatory, technology, bringing together cross-functional leaders to execute with a unified vision and purpose.
Market penetration and business expansion. Designed and successfully executed a go to market / segment entry strategy at global financial market infrastructure providers, with a focus on designing new operating models, industry transformation with digital assets (new business models, revenue streams, digital asset platform / service operators, custody of digital assets, central bank digital currency), blockchain and data monetisation. Successfully built a new client base to include major global exchanges, asset managers and diverse infrastructure players. Generated +300% (+300MM EUR) net new business revenue growth (focus: digital assets, data monetisation, AI and automation, blockchain, CBDC, token economy, digital strategy). On program advisory board of Europe's first Digital Asset exchange.
Global Client Account Lead. Accountability for client success, value-led sales, business development and P&L of select banking, payments, capital markets client group accounts ($300M) and technology partnerships. Trusted partner to c-suite supported multi-disciplinary strategic initiatives.
Fixed Income Business Analyst Team Lead Eurobond New Issues (now Euroclear)